So when it's cheese fries you are craving, make them yourself and you'll save hundreds of calories and have better portion control preparing it yourself. A half order at Chili's is a whopping 1260 calories and 89 grams of fat, yikes!!

This recipe is a serving for two, if you want to make this into a meal, why not serve a large fresh garden salad on the side, with more ranch dressing! You'll have those carbs you crave and feel completely satisfied.

I left the skin on for added fiber, and I opted to use a full fat cheddar so that the cheese melts beautifully, I just used less of it and I think it was perfect. if you prefer using reduced fat cheese, Cabot and Sargento are two brands I like to use.

Preheat the oven to 400°. Line baking sheet with foil for easy clean-up. Lightly coat with cooking spray.

Cut each potato lengthwise into 1/4 inch thin slices; then cut each slice into 1/4 inch fries.
In a large bowl, combine cut potatoes and oil; toss well. Add seasoning (paprika to salt and pepper). Toss to coat.

Place potatoes in a single layer on a lightly greased large baking sheet. Bake uncovered for about 25 minutes or until tender crisp, turning once half way through (depending on thickness this may require more or less time).

Remove from oven, place fries into two small oven safe dishes (or one large dish for sharing), top with cheddar cheese, sliced jalapenos, scallions and bacon bits and return to oven for about 2 minutes, or until the cheese melts. Serve with low fat buttermilk ranch dressing and serve.

Opah greek yogurt low-fat blue cheese and ranch are the best. It's refrigerated in the produce section. It re-changed my thinking about low-fat blue cheese (agreed that most of them are gross) http://www.litehousefoods.com/products/opa-litehouse%E2%84%A2-blue-cheese

Yum! I noticed that you didn't use low fat cheese. I'd like to cut a few more calories but wanted to see if there was a particular reason you are using regular cheese here. Don't want to mess with a good thing! :)

These looks amazing! I love that you can use REAL cheese and it's still only 7 points! I don't like to use artificially lowered fat foods so I try to choose very flavorful cheeses so I can get away with using less and still get lots of flavor, like how you used sharp cheddar here.

This sounds great, but I'm confused how you get it to be only 7 points? Weightwatchers Points+ says that the potato is 5 points each, the olive oil is 2 pts, the cheese is 4 pts, and the bacon is a pt. So that's already 8.5 pts per serving, and with a tinnnny amount of cheese (1/3 cup is like... nothing). Would love for this to really be just 7 points, maybe I'm doing something wrong?

Gina, you're a genius! I work at Chilis and serving these on a daily basis while trying to stick to Weight Watchers is a challenge to say the least! I can not wait to try these! Thank you so much! I don't know what I would do without your website!-Joyce

These were great! I used a bag of cascade farms crinkle cut fries to help save time! Only three ingredients in the bag (potato, canola oil,and apple juice) so figured I wasnt doing too much damage by subbing in prepared fries. Skipped the olive oil but seasoned them the same way. The baked up really crispy. I used real cheese for my fiance and 2% for me and went with a whole slice of bacon per serving.

They were really really good! I put diced jalapenos in my ranch dressing too like they do at Texas Roadhouse.

Theese look AMAZING!!! Thanks for sharing the recipe :)I am hosting a super fun $25 giveaway on my blog and I would love to have you stop by and enter http://the-still-waters.blogspot.com/2012/03/25-sneakpeeq-giveaway.html

Gina, you are my hero! I am an incredibly busy working mom who owes you a HUGE thanks! Your recipes have allowed me to cook amazing (not to mention healthy) meals for my family night after night. My family LOVES every single dish I've made. Thank you!

P.S. Hurry up and publish a cookbook! :) I would buy it in a heartbeat!

Oh. my. GOSH! You are writing up a proposal for a cookbook?! *How* did I miss this comment? I need to schedule an optometrist appt, ASAP. I am going to spread the news to my fellow Skinny-Tasters on my FB page.

What a recipe! I made this for dinner tonight, along with the Buttermilk Ranch,and they were all gone in less than 15 minutes. The seasoning on the fries is perfect. Cannot wait to try it on sweet potato fries.

It is an American thing, just like we don't understand beets on hamburgers or vegemite. IF you cook the potatoes long enough, and your oven is at the correct temp., they won't be soggy and yuck. Sometimes they need to be cooked a little longer. They do have a different taste and texture from fried ones, but properly prepared are yummy.

Love this, Gina. I made 'em last night with turkey bacon and reduced fat cheese. We didn't even need any dip! So delicious. Just the fry recipe itself is delicious, too (without the toppings), so I plan to use it for regular baked fries as well.

Gina, I wish there was a way to create a log in to your page so us fans could save favorite recipes to "our recipe box" for easy retrieval. I am in llluuurrrvvveee with your page and use your recipes all the time...i have tried to save them as pdf's, print them for keeping but I always seem to just log into the site, track down the recipe, and cook with the laptop in the kitchen...it would just be easier if I could have them in a "recipe box" :) Continue what you are doing, we are so appreciative!

Made these tonight. Fries too WAY longer to cook, even though I thought I sliced them thin enough- but not a big deal. I also didn't use all the seasonings because I didn't have them and I don't think it took away from the taste (so for other readers, don't shy away just because you're missing a few things). Served with a dollop of sour cream and bacon bits and it was delish!

I made these last night for dinner and they were so good! I had to cook my potatoes for a bit longer to get them crispy but we had them while we watched basketball and it felt like we had brought the sports bar to our home but with way less calories!Thank you!!!

I made this into a meal by adding shredded chicken. I seasoned the potatoes with paprika, salt and pepper. While they were baking, I fried shredded leftover chicken breast with the bacon, then seasoned it with the rest of the spices and cooked for a couple of minutes. I put the fries on a pizza plate, covered them with the chicken mixture, then covered it all with the cheese, scallions, and peppers. I broiled it until the cheese was bubbling then served it with a fresh garden salad. Delicious!

I posted this on WW because I was entering it and couldn't find the recipe. I added a huge thank you to you in the recipe and used your image with your SkinnyGirl logo. If this isn't ok, please let me know. My neurotic self just wanted it on my recipe list for future use.

So I made another half batch of this today, except not only did I forget to half the amount of spices, I put 1/2 a teaspoon of every single spice in. As Ralphie Wiggum once said, they taste like burning. Still good even then though.

So delicious! The prep work takes a little bit of time, but very worth it. We're making another batch today and playing with the seasonings (adding in curry powder) - hopefully they'll be just as good.

These are very good! They are HOT.. but I like hot... the ranch cools em down.. If you don't like hot, I recommend keeping out the chili powder... Also, I think next time I will omit the oil and coat with cooking spray and season and bake .. and also the cheese makes it look good but it would be great with out.. basically then you are getting just the calories from the potatoes. The ranch I make only has 13 calories per serving... This was the best thing I've had in a long time..

Might I be the only one wondering if each potato will weigh 2/3 pound each- or- 2/3 pounds total weight- which does not seem like a lot when I weighed it out for two people if total weight for both is 2/3 pound. I have all the ingredients :)

I love your recipes. I've made 14 of your recipes so far and each one has been incredible and crucial to my weight loss journey.I really want to make these: I love cheese fries. Alas, I'm kosher, so I don't eat bacon (but clearly they will still be delicious without the bacon) Any way you can tell me the WW points plus value if I omit the bacon? I'd love to know!

Finally got around to making these tonight...they are awesome! The smoked paprika was a nice touch, the fries themselves had tons of flavor and the toppings made it that much better! We followed your suggestion of having a big salad with it for dinner.

Well, I finally made these tonight. I was a bit apprehensive , but they turned out fantastic ! I used a jalapeno ranch for dipping, they were so yummy! We will be making them again. Thanks for sharing this recipe!

I made this yesterday and I just want to say thank you thank you thank you!! Hubby LOVED it and was full afterwards! We had a salad with the ranch on the side and it was the perfect meal. I made double the recipe so we packed some for lunch today and they were great. I am so excited to try a bunch more recipes!

Dinner last night = Buffalo Chicken Lettuce Wraps, these Cheese Fries and Lowfat Buttermilk Ranch! WHAT A HUGE HIT!! Tonight I'm making the Creamy Grape Dessert for some company and we're using the leftover ranch dressing for lunch!

These were absolutely DELICIOUS!! I've now made them quite a few times for different occasions and everyone has complimented them and are shocked with how simple the ingredients are and how good they are for you! Thank you for this wonderful recipe that has now become a staple in my household!

My husband loved these. All he wanted to for his birthday was to watch football and eat junk food. I found this recipe and he told me that he would never guess they were from skinnytaste. In fact, he said they looked and tasted like something you would get in a restaurant!

I made these for dinner tonight and they were amazing. I used a little less cheese to lighten it up a bit and I also bought low fat buttermilk ranch from Walmart (their Marketside brand in their produce section) and they seriously tasted like I was at Chili's or Outback...except I saved a ton of fat and calories!

Hey, stupid question. It says "Servings: 2" and "Serving Size: 1/2." Does that mean that the recipe yields 2 servings and if you eat one half of that total (1 serving), it will be 259 calories? Or is the serving size one half of one serving, meaning the recipe yields 4 servings of 259 calories. Thanks :)

I finally made these and they are outstanding!! I didn't have jalepenos or scallions, so I diced up red pepper. I also only had low fat cheese...they were fantastic! Thanks Gina!! Made your strawberry cheesecake for dessert tonight (with raspberry jam) and can't wait, that's another favorite :)

Made these as a side to sloppy joes tonight - pure comfort food! Fantastic recipe. Although, I used your ranch dressing recipe and mine came out SUPER runny! Maybe because I made my own buttermilk with lemon juice and milk? The fries were FANTASTIC though!